The universe may be doomed to “Bang” and contract, ad infinitum. Big Bounce Researchers suggest the universe may never actually end, but instead lead to future Big Bangs, much like the one believed to have brought the whole mess into being in the first place. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, first spotted by LiveScience‘s… Continue reading More Big Bangs Could Be Coming Up, Scientists Say
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Scientist Says He’s Invented a Cure for Hiccups
Image by Getty / Futurism There appears to finally be a cure for hiccups — and yes, there is a purchase required. In an interview with The Atlantic, University of Texas at San Antonio professor and hiccup expert Ali Seifi sings the praises of his patented device, the HiccAway. While humanity has long been plagued by these… Continue reading Scientist Says He’s Invented a Cure for Hiccups
Scientists Find Gigantic Planet a Quarter the Size of Its Star
It “should not exist.” Gigantic Gas Giant Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered a highly unusual “forbidden” gas giant exoplanet — a cosmic monster so comically gigantic, at a quarter the size of its host star, that it defies our current classification system. The baffling discovery could even challenge what we know… Continue reading Scientists Find Gigantic Planet a Quarter the Size of Its Star
Journalist Clones His Voice and Uses It to Break Into His Own Bank Account
“I couldn’t believe it — it had worked.” Conned by a Clone If you’re not already worried about AI voice cloning, you probably should be. Testing the technology’s limits, journalist Joseph Cox at Vice broke into his own bank account by using an AI-synthesized clone of his voice to prove his identity — highlighting both… Continue reading Journalist Clones His Voice and Uses It to Break Into His Own Bank Account
Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick
What is this? Doom for ants? Doom Brick YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game “Doom.” It’s an impressive escalation — and miniaturization — longstanding trend: we’ve already seen “Doom” being played on a candy bar, a… Continue reading Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick
The Military Spent $1.5 Million Shooting Down Those Three Unidentified Objects
This is just embarrassing. Ballooning Budget Remember those “unidentified flying objects” the military recently shot down? The government is now admitting that it spent millions of taxpayer dollars getting them out of the sky — even though they were, per the intelligence community’s assessment, probably just balloons. Government officials told the Wall Street Journal that… Continue reading The Military Spent $1.5 Million Shooting Down Those Three Unidentified Objects
Wait, Did Officials Just Pretend to Drink the Tap Water in East Palestine?
“Chug it or we vote for the person that does.” Safety Thirst Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have been justifiably concerned over their health and safety after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that spilled loads of deadly chemicals into the environment. After a brief cleanup, the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the… Continue reading Wait, Did Officials Just Pretend to Drink the Tap Water in East Palestine?
Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Scientists are working on growing a glove made out of synthetic human skin in a lab — something that could revolutionize the field of skin grafts. In early tests, researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center implanted lab-grown skin onto irregularly-shaped mice limbs — and with astonishing results, according to a recent… Continue reading Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove
Did Tesla Just Accidentally Leak What Its $25,000 Car Will Look Like?
It’s a compelling design. Leaked Design? Tesla may have just accidentally leaked what its upcoming $25,000 car will look like. In a new corporate video, the automaker showed off early sketches for a number of electric car designs that may — or may not — hint at the design of the company’s upcoming budget hatchback,… Continue reading Did Tesla Just Accidentally Leak What Its $25,000 Car Will Look Like?
Coca-Cola Signs Deal With OpenAI’s DALL-E and ChatGPT
This is the latest iteration of the company’s AI-focused business strategy. New Coke The Coca-Cola Company is getting deep into the artificial intelligence game thanks to a newly-inked deal that will see it partnering with OpenAI. The press release announcing the deal did not say how much the partnership between Coca-Cola, OpenAI, and the Bain… Continue reading Coca-Cola Signs Deal With OpenAI’s DALL-E and ChatGPT